Step Right Up: After Iran, Who Will Be Next To Float a Sovereign Bond To International Investors? Iraq?
(Washington, D.C.): After more than two years of preparation, Iran is finally slated to make its first foray in the...
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Not-So-Brilliant: New York Stock Exchange Suspended Trading of Chinese Automaker Amid Troubling Revelations
(Washington, D.C.): In a growing scandal eerily reminiscent of that which derailed the New York listing of Bank of China...
FBI chief notes pro-terrorist strain in AMC; AMC exec again won’t denounce al Qaeda
As if recognizing that his subordinates didn’t do proper due-diligence work on the American Muslim Council (AMC) before committing him...
Sen. Thompson Seeks Mandate for Intelligence Community To Scrutinize Foreign Proliferators in U.S. Capital Markets
(Washington, D.C.): In the next few days, the U.S. Senate is expected to approve legislation requiring the U.S. intelligence community...
FBI Director Mueller urged to cancel June 28 address to pro-terrorist group
Unease is building about FBI Director Robert Mueller's planned June 28 address to a Muslim group whose leaders support international...
Global Investors Poised to Underwrite Terrorism: Iran returns to the Markets with 500 Million Eurobond; Will U.S. Buy In?
(Washington, D.C.): As the Casey Institute warned in its Perspective of July 14, 2000, Iran has now formally embarked on...
The Next Day of Infamy’?
Bill Clinton would have said, I feel your pain. A phone call I received Sunday afternoon gave me a chilling...
The Buck Stops Here: Prestigious Far Eastern Economic Review Follows Terrorist Money To U.S. Capital Markets
(Washington, D.C.): In the war against terrorism, the Bush Administration has properly announced its determination to cut off the funding...
The Saudi ‘Deus ex Machiavelli‘
(Washington, D.C.): On occasion, theatrical productions of the ancient Greeks would end with a god being lowered onto the stage...
Where’s the Outrage?’ Tenet’s Man Can’t Conduct an Independent Intelligence Inquiry
Can House and Senate Intelligence Committees? (Washington, D.C.): There is one word for those who thought the House and Senate...
Cover Up: The Senate-House Investigation into Intelligence Failures to Be Run by George Tenet’s Long-time Subordinate
(Washington, D.C.): So much for a rigorous review of the policy and other failures that contributed to the U.S. intelligence...
Post-Mortem on ‘Pearl Harbor II’
(Washington, D.C.): Within the next few days, leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees will set the date for...
Chinese Enron? Bank of China’s Planned New York Stock Exchange Listing Collides with Systemic Corruption Revelations
(Washington, D.C.): A $2-5 billion initial public offering (IPO) and New York and Hong Kong stock exchange listings of the...
Nexus between US-China security relations and America’s capital markets
The U.S.-China Security Review Commission (USCC) on Tuesday, October 2, published on its web-site (www.uscc.gov) a lengthy report prepared by...
The Casey Legacy: Go On Offense’ in the Intelligence War on Terror
(Washington, D.C.): America's war on terrorism just got an important boost. It came in the form of a reminder by...
Chairman Wolf Serves Notice on the SEC’s Pitt –Important New Disclosure Guidelines Must Remain in Place
(Washington, D.C.): Shortly before Congress began its August recess, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee responsible for the Securities...